Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
52278
Points per Word
0.000153
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.035714
Description
Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.